Corporation Of Shepherdstown, WV
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Corporation Of Shepherdstown serves about 4,300 people through 1,872 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Jefferson County, West Virginia. EPA system ID: WV3301933; phone on file: 304-876-2312. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.2 ppb from 2.9 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Corporation Of Shepherdstown is 2.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 408 West Virginia systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.9 ppb; 4 are over 15 ppb right now and 20 have gone over at some point. Corporation Of Shepherdstown's 1.7 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in West Virginia and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Jefferson County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Corporation Of Shepherdstown. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Town Utilities | 15,220 | 0.6 ppb |
| Wvaw - Walnut Grove Utilities | 7,250 | 3 ppb |
| Corporation Of Harpers Ferry | 2,122 | 2.9 ppb |
| Wvaw - The Mountain Water System | 976 | 1 ppb |
| Charles Town Utl-Glen Haven Utilities | 195 | 3 ppb |
| Wvaw - Deerfield Village Subdivision | 132 | 2 ppb |
| Wvaw - Cave Quarter Utility | 126 | 1 ppb |
| Charles Town Utl-Cavaland Subdivision | 107 | 2 ppb |
| Leights Mhp | 78 | 0.7 ppb |
| Russells Mhp | 75 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Shepherdstown, WV may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Corporation Of Shepherdstown whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.